Atlanta Officer Charged With Murder in Rayshard Brooks Shooting
- Second officer cooperating, charged with aggravated assault
- Killing prompted the resignation of city’s police chief
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The police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot was indicted for murder. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard is recommending no bond for Garrett Rolfe, who was also charged with aggravated assault.
A second officer, Devin Brosnan, was charged with aggravated assault, based on video that showed him standing on Brooks’s shoulders while Rolfe kicked himafter the June 12 shooting, Howard said. Brosnan is cooperating with the state in its murder case against Rolfe.